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An elementary characterization of the multinomial and the multivariate hypergeometric distributions

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  • Poisson Distribution
  • Conditional Distribution
  • Multinomial Distribution
  • Hypergeometric Distribution
  • Integer Partition

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Panaretos, J. (1983). An elementary characterization of the multinomial and the multivariate hypergeometric distributions. In: Kalashnikov, V.V., Zolotarev, V.M. (eds) Stability Problems for Stochastic Models. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 982. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0082067

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